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Recent Examples of unkept
Dust accumulation under the bed meant bugs, not just an unkept hotel room.
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Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Forsythia, if unkept, can grow up to 10 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
The Missouri Republican focus on migrants comes after former President Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP nominee, spent years focusing on the issue, including an unkept promise that the United States would build a wall along the southern border and that Mexico would pay for it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
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Chip Bell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Forsythia, if unkept, can grow up to 10 feet tall and wide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
The Missouri Republican focus on migrants comes after former President Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP nominee, spent years focusing on the issue, including an unkept promise that the United States would build a wall along the southern border and that Mexico would pay for it.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2024
The unkept lawns however, are probably intentional — at least in the Forest Hills neighborhood.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkept
Adjective
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The project was planned to clear the area of outdated and dilapidated buildings, to attract new businesses and promote economic revitalization.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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The trip could also see China give the go-ahead for the UK to rebuild its dilapidated embassy in Beijing.—
Brendan Murray,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The scruffy stage manager, Bunny, turns out to be posher than the monocled director, Meredith.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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All but unrecognizable behind his scruffy beard, Poulter blends right in with these hard-knock folks, whose homemade tattoos and missing teeth are the real deal.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Flagg wasn’t too shabby, either, with a career-best 49 points to go with 10 rebounds.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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Not shabby, but nowhere near the number reported for the Peltz family.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The department issued heavy fines and ultimately shuttered a neglected building in Denver’s uptown neighborhood last year that was owned by CBZ Management.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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The narrative highlights the growing, unseen populations of lonely and neglected individuals, shedding light on a vital but often ignored aspect of public care.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The carpets were tatty; the meeting rooms were ill-equipped.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Thierry notified me of his satisfaction with another grunt and reached into the pillowy recesses of his fleece to produce a tatty padded envelope stuffed with Euros.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Talking Heads played their first gig in June, 1975, opening for the Ramones at CBGB, a rock club on a mangy block in the East Village.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The abandoned Westminster Mall has turned into a hotspot for vandalism since shuttering in late 2025, according to police who are attempting to raise awareness about the issue.—
Lesley Marin,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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And this is in a nice, pretty on-campus facility, not the old, dumpy Astrodome (although the Astrodome is still up, which is another story).—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sunday brings the end of another dumpy Miami Dolphins season, but not to the problems needing solutions or the organizational mess that demands more than a offseason cleanup on Aisle 5.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Unkept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkept. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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